A Houston Police officer talks to a resident as they wait for SWAT to arrive during a standoff at 20331 Belleau Wood, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, in Humble.

Photo By Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle

A Houston Police officer waits for SWAT to arrive during a standoff at 20331 Belleau Wood, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, in Humble.

Photo By Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle

A man believed to be armed is holding police officers at bay at a home in the 20300 block of Belleau Wood near Songbird in the Humble and Kingwood area, according to the Houston Police Department, Aug. 6, 2013. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle)

Photo By Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle

A man believed to be armed is holding police officers at bay at a home in the 20300 block of Belleau Wood near Songbird in the Humble and Kingwood area, according to the Houston Police Department, Aug. 6, 2013. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle)

Photo By Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle

A man believed to be armed is holding police officers at bay at a home in the 20300 block of Belleau Wood near Songbird in the Humble and Kingwood area, according to the Houston Police Department, Aug. 6, 2013. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle)

Photo By Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle

A man believed to be armed is holding police officers at bay at a home in the 20300 block of Belleau Wood near Songbird in the Humble and Kingwood area, according to the Houston Police Department, Aug. 6, 2013. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle)

Photo By Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle

A man believed to be armed is holding police officers at bay at a home in the 20300 block of Belleau Wood near Songbird in the Humble and Kingwood area, according to the Houston Police Department, Aug. 6, 2013. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle)

Photo By Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle

A man believed to be armed is holding police officers at bay at a home in the 20300 block of Belleau Wood near Songbird in the Humble and Kingwood area, according to the Houston Police Department, Aug. 6, 2013. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle)

Photo By Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle

A man believed to be armed is holding police officers at bay at a home in the 20300 block of Belleau Wood near Songbird in the Humble and Kingwood area, according to the Houston Police Department, Aug. 6, 2013. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle)

A man surrendered peacefully after he held officers at bay for hours Tuesday morning at a home in northeast Houston.

The standoff began about 9 a.m., in the 20300 block of Belleau Wood near Songbird in the Humble and Kingwood area, according to the Houston Police Department. It ended about 1 p.m. No injuries were reported.

Police said the man sent his estranged wife a text message Tuesday morning threatening suicide. The couple had recently separated, police added.

The woman called 911 after she received the text message. When officers arrived to check on his welfare, the man refused to come outside of the home. The officers called SWAT to the scene.

Police said the man was in the home alone. Initial reports indicated he had more than one rifle in the home with him.

SWAT officers breached the front door and the man surrendered peacefully to them. A rifle was found in the home.